[ciapug] Logging outgoing traffic while being crawler friendly

[Claus]

Hello

I have a php redirect page that I use to redirect outgoing links 
through.  That way I can keep track of what links people use from my 
site.  Things work great with the exception that search engines / crawlers 
don't account these links.  So for instance the link to 
/go.php?http://www.ames.ia.us will never get put into the "Find web pages 
that link to www.ames.ia.us" list of google.  That's because it doesn't 
appear as a link.

Is there another way that could do both, track outgoing links and be 
crawler friendly?

Thanks,
   Claus

----Link----
<A HREF="/go.php?http://www.ames.ia.us"
  onMouseOver="window.status='http://www.ames.ia.us'; return true"
  onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">
  Ames City Government</A>

----Redirection/Logging Page----
<?php
   $link = getenv('QUERY_STRING');

   if ($REMOTE_ADDR != 'insert my ip here' &&
       $REMOTE_ADDR != 'insert my other ip here') {
     require_once('DB.php');
     $db = DB::connect('pgsql://www@unix+localhost/database');
     if (DB::isError($db)) {die ($db->getMessage());}

     $result = $db->query("insert into web_stats_links_visited (timestamp, 
server
_name, remote_ip, remote_name, url) values (current_timestamp, 
'$SERVER_NAME', '
$REMOTE_ADDR', ' ', '$link')");
     if (DB::isError($result)) {die ($result->getMessage());}
     $db->disconnect();
   }

   header("Location: " . $link);
   exit;
?>